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US 4,046,417 AGranted
Folding furniture piece
OwnerCharles R. Beckleyinventor
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Abstract
A folding furniture piece is convertible to either a seat or a table. In addition, the furniture piece is foldable to a compact unit for storage and transport. The furniture piece includes a pair of arms which are supported by two pairs of legs, which pivot against the arms to fold the furniture piece. Bottom and back panels are pivoted between the arms to form a table when coplanar with one another and a seat when oblique to one another.
Claims14
A seat comprising:
- a pair of armrests having front and rear ends, said armrests defining two sides of the seat;
- a back pivoted to said armrests at points intermediate the ends of said armrests;
- a bottom;
- means for pivotally connecting said bottom to said back, wherein said bottom can pivot to be coplanar with said back and to be at an angle with said back;
- spacer means extending between the two sides of the seat below the level of the armrests;
- support means for supporting releasably the front end of the bottom at a level below the level of the armrests;
- front and rear legs pivoted adjacent to the front and rear ends of each armrest, respectively, wherein the legs fold along the arms when the back and bottom are coplanar with one another to form a folded seat;
- rigid bracing means, secured to and coextensive with said bottom for engaging adjacent to said front and rear legs on each side of said chair to keep said legs from folding;
- wherein the bottom and back cooperate to form a seat when the front end of the bottom is supported by said support means and wherein the bottom pivots relative to the back, as the back pivots relative to the armrests, so that the back and bottom become coplanar with one another and with the armrests.
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A folding furniture piece comprising:
- a back panel;
- a bottom panel pivoted to the back panel;
- a pair of armrests having front and rear ends with back and bottom panels disposed between the armrests and the back panel pivotally supported intermediate the ends of the armrests;
- pairs of front and rear legs attached to the front and rear ends of the armrests, respectively, wherein the legs are separated by front and rear spacer rungs;
- means for disposing the back and bottom panels at an angle to one another for form a seat;
- wherein the front and rear legs fold relative to the armrests so as to extend parallel therewith when the furniture is folded for storage and transport;
- bracing means secured to the bottom panel and extending between the front and rear legs for preventing the legs from folding;
- and
- means for holding the back and bottom panels coplanar with one another and with the armrests to form a table surface when the legs are not folded.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.